#BBD99B#BBD99B

#BBD99B is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.089 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD99B
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 155)
HSL	hsl(89, 45%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(89, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 28.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -20.73, 27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 34.33, 127.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% -0.056 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.089 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.2219, 62.5565, 40.3800)
Luminance	0.6256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD99B #B99BD9

analogous

#D9D89B #BBD99B #9CD99B

triadic

#BBD99B #9BBBD9 #D99BBB

tetradic

#BBD99B #9BD9D8 #B99BD9 #D99B9C

square

#BBD99B #9BD9D8 #B99BD9 #D99B9C

split-complementary

#BBD99B #9B9CD9 #D89BD9

monochromatic

#7FB545 #9DC86F #BBD99B #D9EAC7 #F0F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BBD99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#BBD99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD99B

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD99B	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCF9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.089 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4b9',
    500: '#bbd99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd99b;
$custom-light: #d0e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.032,
    "s": 44.928,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84788,
    "c": 0.08878,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD99B

secondary

#8B68B0

accent

#2DB871

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD99B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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